With few exceptions, the demand for welfare assistance increased sharply in the 1990s. Nonetheless, one-third of the poor received no benefits in 2000. Several reasons explain why more than 33 percent of those living below the poverty line did not receive the assistance available to them. Some were ineligible because they had such assets as a car or a savings account that brought them above permit…
The Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), conducted periodically by the U.S. Census Bureau, is a longitudinal (over a period of time) survey of the same households that measures changes in their economic activity. Among the many areas covered in the 1996–1999 survey, the bureau studied the use of major means-tested programs: Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), Gener…
Data from the 1996–1999 SIPP survey are being used as a baseline to examine the impact of welfare reform. The 1996 welfare reform act (PRWORA) directed the U.S. Census Bureau to examine changes following the elimination of TABLE 6.4 Average monthly program participation rates for any means-tested programs by selected characteristics, 1996–99 FIGURE 6.1 Median length of p…
Not surprisingly, poor individuals who receive one form of social welfare assistance are likely to qualify for and receive others. For example, during 2002, 37.6 percent of those receiving TANF also received housing assistance, 62.3 percent received free or reduced-price school meals, 80.8 percent received food stamps, and almost all (99.6 percent) were on Medicaid. Similarly, among SSI recipients…
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